On December 4, Pennsylvania state representative Mark Rozzi changed his registration from Democratic to independent, which he had promised to do when he had been elected Speaker of the House earlier that day. See this story.
Rozzi was first elected as a Democrat in 2012 and had been re-elected as a Democrat ever since. In November 2022 he polled 63% of the vote against his Republican opponent. He lives in Berks County.
The election of an independent speaker came about because the chamber was almost perfectly divided, and because of several vacancies, it was difficult to say which party had a majority. Rozzi received support from all the Democrats and a substantial number of Republicans, as a compromise to help organize the chamber.
I’m not buying that he has stopped being a demon rat in anything but name unless and until proven otherwise. And voting and acting like a never Trump cuntry club liberal rhino don’t count neither.
How do the parties split up the committee chairs?
this is btw common practice in the UK and in Ireland
MRM is right. This guy is still an antiTrump no matter what his party label is or none.